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  • Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum, James Camner ...
    Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers — the names of composers of great American musicals are household words. But many of the stars who introduced these songwriters' classic triumphs and whose names were on everybody's lips a few decades ago have been all but forgotten. Now, with this book, you can take a fascinating journey into the days when Lillian Russell and Frank Daniels, or ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • 5001 Nights at the Movies

    by Pauline Kael ...
    The celebrated, multi-award-winning film critic's intelligent guide to the movies—with more than 2,800 reviews."A master of synopsis, Pauline Kael has contrived to tell us between the covers of one book what eight decades of film are about and who is in them and behind them, and to reflect, swiftly but astutely, on what they signify. No one else has done that; no one else could have done that." ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Life of Barbara Stanwyck

    Steel-True 1907-1940

    by Victoria Wilson ...
    “860 glittering pages” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times): The first volume of the full-scale astonishing life of one of our greatest screen actresses—her work, her world, her Hollywood through an American century.Frank Capra called her, “The greatest emotional actress the screen has yet known.” Now Victoria Wilson gives us the first volume of the rich, complex life of Barbara Stanwyck, an actress ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide

    From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition

    by Leonard Maltin ...
    The definitive guide to classic films from one of America's most trusted film criticsThanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Classic Movies, Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide covers films from Hollywood and around the world, from the silent era through 1965, and from The Maltese Falcon to Singin’ in the Rain and Godzilla, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Not Since Carrie

    40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops

    by Ken Mandelbaum ...
    The "essential and hilarious" book that highlights almost 200 musicals and examines how they became Broadway's biggest fails ( The New Yorker ).Ken Mandelbaum offers the behind-the-scenes story of the development of almost two hundred musical flops that played Broadway between 1950 and 1990, along with a reevaluative and often revisionist study of their quality.Here they all are, from such ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Ziegfeld

    The Man Who Invented Show Business

    by Ethan Mordden ...
    "A rich and entertaining biography of Broadway's first auteur [that] transports readers to the time when Times Square was just an intersection of streets." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)When Florenz Ziegfeld started in theater, it was flea circus, operetta and sideshow all rolled into one. When he left it, the glamorous world of "show-biz" had been created.His first real star attraction was the ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Must-See Musicals

    50 Show-Stopping Movies We Can't Forget

    by Richard Barrios, Turner Classic Movies ...
    Series series Turner Classic Movies
    Spanning nine decades and showcasing the most memorable songs, dazzling dancing, and brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, Must-See Musicals is the guide to the greatest musicals of all time from the most trusted authority on film: Turner Classic Movies.Movie musicals have been a part of pop culture since films began to talk, over nine decades ago. From The Jazz Singer in 1927 all the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Show and Tell

    The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes

    by Ken Bloom ...
    Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting during a performance of Hamilton (the perpetrator was Madonna)? In Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre

    1943-1965

    by Corinne J. Naden ...
    The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965 provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma! to On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Concentrating on a 22-year span, this book lists both commercial successes and flops of the Golden Age-when the musicals presented on Broadway showcased timeless, memorable ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville

    by Anthony Slide ...
    The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville provides a unique record of what was once America's preeminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. It includes entries not only on the entertainers themselves, but also on those who worked behind the scenes, the theatres, genres, and historical terms. Entries on individual vaudevillians include biographical information, ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Award-Winning Films of the 1930s

    by John Howard Reid ...
    Mathematicians will argue that the term, 1930s, applies to the years 1931 through 1940. The author, however, has taken the popular view that the decade extends from 1930 through 1939. As a special bonus, however, he has also included the award-winners of 1927, 1928 and 1929! So what we have here is an account of most of the generally released movies that won awards presented by The Academy of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Some Enchanted Evenings

    The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin

    by David Kaufman ...
    " Kaufman comes up with a solid, valuable portrait of one of the 20th century's most memorable actresses." — The Washington PostMary Martin was one of the greatest stars of her day. Growing up in Texas, she was married early to Benjamin Hagman and gave birth to her first child, Larry Hagman. She was divorced even more quickly. Martin left little Larry with her parents and took off for Hollywood. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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